Did i really enjoy driving a S197 over the cobra?

[dieseldub]

hey guys, i'm new here, looking to buy my first mustang sometime this summer. I had my eyes and heart set on a leftover cobra, but just for the hell of it i drove someone's 2005 gt, i had so much fun with this car. It is so loud stock and it is the first car that put a grin on my girlfriends face. She said she was impressed with the car.

Now my dilemma, i just drove a cobra vert over the weekend, in the 1/4 mile and my first time in the car i drove a 13.20 @ 110.89 mph. Which is great, the car is crazy fast, but stock, the car is not as enjoyable as the 2005? maybe it is the muffled exhaust? I know that the cobra is great to mod, but what about handling?

I saw that the saleen mustang with 19inch wheels and a suspension drop and sways pulled .97g on the skidpad? that's crazy.

Have any of you driven a stock cobra and enjoyed your stang more? Now i'm so confused. I'm going to get a ride in a pullied, intake, exhaust, x pipe cobra this week and we'll see how that goes.

another plus for the 2005, i fit better, much more room inside.

Thanks

 

[delurker]

Just get the 05 GT. You know you want to.

 

['01SilverBullet]

No question the '05's are roomier than the last generation Stangs. I am only 6'0" and I was always uncomfortable in my '01.

 

[dieseldub]

i'm 6'3 and 280 pounds and hardly fit in the passenger seat in the cobra, i'm losing weight and will be 240 pounds by summer end. I can't find any cobras, this sucks.

 

[duner]

Here are a couple of vids of my Cobra on the dyno. Just listen to that whine

Here's a little nudge in the Cobra direction

Stock Pulley
Dyno-Front

Stock H-Pipe and Borla Stinger Cat-Back
Dyno-Rear

I know where a brand new White '04 Cobra Vert is.

 

[duner]

Oh yea, welcome to Stangnet

 

[dieseldub]

oh yeah, forgot to mention that i'm from Canada, i wish i was in the states, there are so many more mustangs available, i don't feel like importing one. I just found out that some guys here (cobra specialists) can adjust the seat rails or brackets to make me fit better, i guess i might be going to the darkside, we'll see. Damn, your car sounds sick, thanks a lot

 

[Doc GTO]

I got something for ya . . .

Enjoy SN!

 

[delurker]

Damn, that *does* sound sick, duner.

 

[duner]

Thanks. Sounds even better with a smaller pulley. Mmmmmmm boooost

 

[vacooley]

If you like it AND it makes your girlfriend smile.......

 

[Edbert]

I sold my 97 Cobra for the 05 GT. I was a little sad since the Cobra never needed a single repair (brakes/clutch/battery/tires only) in the 8.5 years I drove it and the 05s reliability is an unknown at this time. But I do not regret it one bit. I am 6-1 so the extra room is great, but the car is much more refined, other than all out braking I think it out handles my old Cobra in every regard. Acceleration is roughly equal too, the 05 has more torque and lower redline, so the power is simply...different.

If I had an 03/04 Cobra I probably would have kept it, but if you are thinking about a 93-02 Cobra...GET THE 2005!

 

[Silver2003Cobra]

I sold my 97 Cobra for the 05 GT. I was a little sad since the Cobra never needed a single repair (brakes/clutch/battery/tires only) in the 8.5 years I drove it and the 05s reliability is an unknown at this time. But I do not regret it one bit. I am 6-1 so the extra room is great, but the car is much more refined, other than all out braking I think it out handles my old Cobra in every regard. Acceleration is roughly equal too, the 05 has more torque and lower redline, so the power is simply...different.

If I had an 03/04 Cobra I probably would have kept it, but if you are thinking about a 93-02 Cobra...GET THE 2005!

having had a 97 Cobra and now an 03 Cobra, I highly agree with what is said above.. (except handling on the 99/01 Cobra with their IRS they are quite good, but not sure how much they are better compared to the 05 GT)

but comparing a 03/04 Cobra to the 05 GT, IMHO that's a "no brainer" if you can fit in the Terminator..